Hello, I use Openhab for some years now at my home. And also the android app.
Today i changed my settings in the app. I always use for both local and remote
http:// , now I can not use for http:// for remote. I dont want https.//.
Now the app force me for that. I think that not good. It is my thing what i do secure or not secure.
How can i get or change the settings in the app . Because the actual app use the old settings http://
I where can get the old app where i can use the http:// for remote.
I dont what cloudconnector or other things betwen that.
Most all modern browsers are forcing https anyway now. Google and Chrome made the decision for everybody else. 
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You can file a feature request on the android app. See How to file an Issue.
But I wouldn’t expect much of a response. Best practice is to be secure by default. You will have to make a very compelling case for why this should be allowed. I personally can’t think of a single reason why this would in any way be a good idea.
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Forcing the user to use https is a good and quite simple way to gain a lot of security: encryption by the cost of entering one letter.
If you really want to use an unencrypted connection on the public internet, feel free to fork the app and revert Disabled http protocol for remote URL (#1648) · openhab/openhab-android@960f86a · GitHub.
I cannot think of a reason as well, especially since the openHAB server offers https on Port 8443 by default.
Actually they don’t force you to https, but they discourage http. And that’s awesome 
The docs has a chapter about Let’s encrypt: Securing Communication and Access | openHAB